Senior Tories 'urge Theresa May to stay on until 2021’

Theresa May is reportedly being urged to stay on as Prime Minister until near the time of the next election so as not to derail the fragile Brexit talks.

Theresa May is reportedly being urged to stay on as PM despite earlier disquiet among MPs

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Senior Tory figures are said to believe an early exit from No 10 would hamper negotiations that are now expected to stretch months and even years beyond the UK’s exit date of March 2019.

The intervention comes just over a week after an underpressure Mrs May secured a last ditch agreement with the EU on phase one principles, allowing both parties to move on to negotiating future trade relations.

In a change of fortunes one cabinet minister told The Times any previously tipped leadership contest will be “pushed back and back”.

“She is not one to up sticks and leave. I’m confident that she will go on long beyond when many people expect,” they said.

“There is no clean and simple moment when she will or can leave."

The Government has previously been warned by the European Commission that while an outline of a future trade partnership is expected to be agreed by October 2018, a full document is unlikely to be hammered out until the end of 2020 at the earliest.

The next general election must be held before June 2022, while Conservative leadership contests take about four months.

CABINET RESHUFFLE

Elsewhere it has been reported that the Prime Minister could delay a previously touted cabinet reshuffle in the New Year, following her turn of fortunes.

The Sun says Downing St aides are split on whether to hold back until after May’s local elections when a change-around could be used to reinvigorate the party after an expected wipe out in major cities.

“A reshuffle is not a card any PM can play too often, so you should only do one when you really have to,” a close ally to Mrs May told the paper.

“They have a habit of creating more problems than they solve, so there is a growing feeling not to rock the boat now Theresa is looking more solid.

“We will also get an undoubted kicking at the locals in May, so we’ll need something to regain the initiative after them.”

The move would also allow the Prime Minister to avoid major disruption in Government in the period up until March as ministers begin the early stages of trade talks with the EU.

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email_1957

08:54 on 18th December 2017

Senior Tories 'urge Theresa May to stay on until 2021’
***What rubbish this article is wait until 2018 when backstabbing begins in Tory party for a power grab again in Tory Govt.
Like they tried last week in H.O. Commons.
**** Just a BIG point here in this article you forget us voter we will decide how long Tory Govt stay in power never mind how long Ms May stay in her job now.
**** This is ill relevant the Tory party member ask her to stay on,
If the Tory Govt is kicked out of power!
**** before the 2021 G.E .time comes on my study’s and investigation a new G.E. could be held in 2018 and if one was the Tory Govt will lose out right power( no ifs no buts)
**** "I will wait and see what unfolds in 2018.
****The Tory Govt trashing our U.K. country must come “to an end in 2018 poverty must Stop, cuts must Stop to our vital services.
Like N.H.S., Armed Forces personal Fire, Police, Ambulances personal. Must Not have any more Cut’s enforced,
On any of them now, FULL STOP!
Are you paying FULL Attention Tory Govt members NOW?
We free voter hope so

graham669

14:58 on 18th December 2017

God help us that any tory stays as PM for that time, TM should resign while she might have the tiniest shred of decency, but no, she will stay long enough to please her paymasters.
The very wealthy that are using her to evade the EU anti tax avoidance legislation, by pushing for brexit at any cost!
Read this, then think about the consequences for the wealthy. https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/company-tax/anti-tax-avoidance-package/anti-tax-avoidance-directive_en

email_1957

08:35 on 19th December 2017

WELL “SAID graham669 in addition well put
***"I have read to link you put here and understand the rich people with the help of Tory Govt trying to power grab our county and run it for them-self also use it has a Big tax haven for their mates out of this country
That possibly could be money laundering their ill-gotten gains somewhere else in the E.U. NOW.
****So would you join a campaign next year 2018 to hold a new G.E. to see off the power grab by the rich plus Ms May and her front bench Minister here in the U.K. also a possible re-vote on leaving the E.U. as at same time would you yes or no ?
*****The Tory Govt plus its member including the Tory voters now has lost the meaning of Democracy FULL STOP!
*** They all could be helping to trashing our country for possible “personal gain” for them self not to aid the U.K., to prosper and be a place to “live work freely,
***they will start to strip our human right away in law now make new laws to overturn and strip our rights away “new bills could be put in place to rob us of our working right as well “No more paid weekend work or over time.
*** The Big rich companies are after this new law now on investigation done by us into the new law moves back to U.K. laws after we leave E.U. in March 2019.
This is just the tip of the iceberg could be more new law being changed now for when we leave E.U. to stop us making a noise at Govt
Or our employers (like stop us striking and the like,)
**** Ms May did not bring the new law up in H.O.C. or her Lancaster speech she goes on about all the time now.
*** Democracy is going down the toilet here in the U.K. after March 2019! exist day the pain of losing our rights plus the trashing of our rights will kick in with avengers when Tory govt plus their rich party funder make their move on reforming our human right act will start then, also remember the D.U.P. party will vote for the Tory laws to go through parliament + H.O.C,
Un- Amended as they are in bed with Tory govt and could vote on their side to aide their party ONLY.
***So the logical way to prevent our right plus our country being trashed is to ask for a new G.E .now in 2018 Mr Corbyn can help in this matter as well as over parties in the H.O.C. that know what Tory Govt is up-to now but do nothing about it.